Drapery hanger



March 16,1965 w. w. MILLER DRAPERY HANGER Filed July 1, 1963 INVENTOR ALLACE W. MILLER United States Patent 3,173,183 DRAPERY HANGER Wallace W. Miller, 205 N. 3rd, El Cajon, Calif. Filed July 1, 1963, Ser. No. 291,931 1 (Ilaim. (Cl. 24-86) This invention relates generally to drapery hangers and particularly to a drapery hanger having a double locking feature.

Background Drapery hangers and hooks in general have a pin portion for insertion in the drapery fabric and another portion for suspension from the drapery rod. The suspension portion may take many forms, dependent on the type of drapery rod used. Currently available drapery hangers are adequate for their purpose after the draperies are installed. During installation, however, as a hanger is being inserted in the drapery or suspended on the rod, a previously installed hanger may disengage from the drapery or the rod; and this may happen many times before the installation is completed. A drapery hanger having locking features would prevent disengagement after installation and would reduce the time and effort required for installing drapes.

Accordingly this invention is a drapery hanger having a locking device that may be used to lock the hanger to the drapery rod alone or, additionally, to lock the drape to the hanger. This drapery hanger embodies other novel features. For example, as an additional feature not found in prior art drapery hangers, the pin portion of the instant invention is of sufiicient length to permit securing a drape in the area extending above the drapery rod.

Objects The principal object of this invention is to provide a drapery hanger having locking means for keeping the hanger secured to both the drape and the drapery rod.

It is another object of this invention to provide a drapery hanger having a pin capable of holding the portion of a drape that extends above the drapery rod.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a drapery hanger composed of a single section of wire material and of such simple character that its mode of use and enhanced utility will be obvious to the purchaser of drapery hangers.

Finally, it is an object of this invention to provide a drapery hanger of the aforementioned character which is simple and convenient to manufacture and which will give generally efficient and durable service.

With these and other objects definitely in view, this invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of elements and portions as will be hereinafter fully described in the specification, particularly pointed out in the claim, and illustrated in the drawing which forms a material part of this disclosure, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the drapery hanger;

FIGURE 2 is a side elevation view illustrating insertion of the hanger into a drape;

FIGURE 3 is a side elevation view of the hanger locked in place on a drapery rod; and

FIGURE 4 is a side elevation view of the hanger locked in place on a drapery rod, locking the pin at the same time and having the point of its pin portion inserted in a drape 3,173,183 Patented Mar. 16., 1965 -so as to be hidden while supporting an upstanding fringe portion of a drape.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar or identical elements and portions throughout the specification and throughout the views of the drawing.

Detailed description Referring to FIGURE 1, the drapery hanger is f rmed from a single piece of resilient wire, such as spring steel or the like. The main portions of the hanger are the drapery-engaging elongated pin portion 10 with a pointed end 12, elongated retrorse portion 14, hanger loop 16, and locking hook 18. Hanger loop 16 has an arcuate portion 20, a straight portion 22, and a straight portion 24 perpendicular thereto which terminates in said locking hook 18.

Pin portion 10 is made longer than the usual pin in drapery hangers so that the top edge of the drape may be secured in a manner hereinafter described. Hanger loop 16 is designed to fit either round or flat drapery rods. Locking hook 18 may engage retrorse portion 14 alone to lock the hanger on the rod or it may reach beyond retrorse portion 14 to engage pin portion 10, thus locking both the drape to the hanger and the hanger to the rod.

Referring to FIGURE 2, the drapery hanger is attached to drape 26 by forcing pin portion 10 through a portion of the drape, that is, into the drape so as to emerge at a slightly higher point of the drape. The drapery hanger is held between the thumb 28 and forefinger 30, both indicated in broken line. Hanger loop 16 being thus grasped firmly between the thumb and forefinger serves to orient the pin portion which is coplanar therewith. The drapery hanger is shaped conveniently for this particular grip and is applied by a simple twisting motion by which a large number of hangers may be attached without undue effort. This feature is advantageous since some heavy drapery fabrics are difiicult to pierce and require considerable effort to attach them to conventional types of hangers.

After the hanger is secured to the drape, hanger loop 16 is snapped onto drapery rod 32 as illustrated in FIGURE 3. The drapery hanger then is locked onto rod 32 by engaging retrorse portion 14 with looking hook 18. This is the simplest type of installation, which is suitable for draperies concealed at the top by a valance.

In FIGURE 4, additional features of the drapery hanger are illustrated. Here locking loop 18 has been extended to engage pin portion 10. Also pin 10 is inserted in the upstanding top portion of drape 26. In this manner, hanger loop 16 is locked to rod 32, pin 10 is locked to drape 26, and the drape is secured above the rod; the pointed end of the pin being hidden. This type of installation is suitable when a valance is not used.

It is understood that minor variation from the form of the invention disclosed herein may be made without departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and that the specification and drawing are to be considered as merely illustrative rather than limiting.

I claim:

A drapery hanger comprising:

an elongated pin portion having a pointed end;

a retrorse portion continuing from the end of said pin portion opposite said pointed end;

said retrorse portion spaced from and generally parallel to said elongated pin portion and terminating short of said pointed end;

a hanger loop having an arcuate portion continuing from the end of said retrorse portion which is opposite the end connected to said pin portion, and a straight portion spaced from and generally parallel to said retrorse portion but substantially shorter than said 143,797 retrorse portion; and 5 311,640 a locking hook portion extending from said straight por- 718:203 tion toward said retrorse portion and generally nor- 759,921 mal to said straight portion and terminating in a 114721766 locking hook, said locking hook being disposed to en- 1,561,128 gage selectively said pin portion and said retrorse por- 10 3 tion, whereby said drapery hanger may be used with or without a valance, said pin portion and said retrorse portion being in substantially the same plane.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS Yeiser.

Burlingarne.

Higgins.

Russell.

Fraser 16-872 Waller.

Schwartz.

Light 1687.2

DONLEY J. STOCKING, Primary Examiner. 

